“Pieknik is a 37-year-old PhD student … She earns $42,000, which is just slightly too much to qualify for tax credits where she lives … So right now she’s facing a choice: Pay a lot more money, or scale back her level of coverage.”

I’ll note in passing that, at age 37, the “free” maternity care that makes up a substantial part of that premium is likely not a big selling point for her.

■ And from the “In Case You Missed it Department,” we learn that North Star State governor Mark Dayton agrees with both Ms Kliff and noted right-winger Bill Clinton: